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Upcoming event

WordSLAM?! May

When

Wednesday, May 20 @ 7:30pm

Where

Hare Hole63 Johnston Street Fitzroy

Price

$10-8

Has an Open Mic?

Yes

Registration Information

To perform contact Hares & Hyenas at [email protected] We still have some places left for the first slam of the year.

The Hare Hole WordSLAM?! is a little bit different. Not just open to poets, we encourage all writers to get up and show us what they’ve got.

It’s a competition.

Six writers perform in three rounds, competing for top place and a chance to enter the GrandFINAL?!. In the first round writers perform for up to 3 minutes, in round two they have up to 4 minutes. After each round the audience votes to choose the top 3 performers who go on to a final battle of up to six minutes each.

First prize is a cash prize plus entry into the GrandFINAL?! to be held in November 2015.

It’s queer but not just queer.

Performances are often intimate and bold. Writers lay open their hearts with stories of love, life, the joy of bicycling, being trans, bringing up kids, sex, internalised homophobia, books they read as a kid, growing up in Japan, abortions, racism, the wonders of dating librarians, even cannibalism.

You won’t believe it ‘til you see it.

The WordSLAM?! is on the third Wednesday of the month with a GrandFINAL?! planned for November. Tickets on the door.